Mountain Review: Timberline Lodge, Oregon

An in-depth video review of Timberline Lodge, a year-round ski area located on the south face of Mount Hood, Oregon. Filmed in January and May 2021.

0:00 Intro
0:54 Snow Quality
1:21 Spring and Summer Experience
1:50 Backcountry Terrain
2:05 Fall Experience
2:34 Terrain Parks
3:03 Resort Highlights
3:22 Lifts
3:31 Palmer Snowfields During Winter
4:21 Winter Above-Treeline Terrain
4:50 Below-Treeline Terrain
5:10 Tree Terrain
5:28 Advanced Terrain
5:48 Vertical Drop
7:00 Crowds
7:41 Resort Layout
7:54 Facilities
8:21 Getting Around
8:53 Night Skiing
9:16 On-Mountain Lodge
10:09 Other Accommodations
10:31 Aprés-ski
10:53 Verdict
11:11 Pricing
11:45 Score Breakdown and Rank

Overall Mountain Score: 58/100 — #3 in Oregon
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Snow: 7/10
Resiliency: 5/10
Size: 5/10
Terrain Diversity: 6/10
Challenge: 3/10
Lifts: 8/10
Crowd Flow: 4/10
Facilities: 6/10
Navigation: 6/10
Mountain Aesthetic: 7/10

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[johngollsneider]

Fun fact: Timberline Lodge was the exterior set for the Overlook hotel in The Shining

[marknacua]

Great review! I grew up skiing the Mt. Hood area ski resorts and they're all a lot of fun and all offer very different experiences. Timberline has some absolutely massive plans for later this decade, and I can't wait for the gondola connection between Summit & Timberline, among other improvements!

[rundlet]

I think it's also worth noting that Timberline is a hot spot for late-season race ski camps and teams, ranging from local teams to professionals. I know a decent number of people on my race team who have gone to hood before that said it was awesome. From what I know, a decent amount of the terrain off of Palmer in early June or so is set up for race training, but I have no personal experience to back it up.

Great video! Palmer looks amazing.

[ddw]

It's important to note for those wanting to ski in the summer that the Palmer Icefield is usually separated into lanes. Ski camps exclusively occupy many of the lanes. So, you can't wander all over the icefield. However, one of the great things to do in the summer is to watch Olympic skiiers and snowboarders practice over and over again. Free to watch. As mentioned, the terrain park and half pipe are moved up slope in summer...these are really giant, and are for pro level...no beginner park, that's for sure! So, in summer, come, hike up to the Palmer lift and watch the action.

[mbtravel]

I just got back a couple weeks ago, was very lucky. The first 2 days i was there palmer just opened and flood was still running. 😊

[yobbn]

Cool! Looking forward to going eventually, Palmer looks so cool

[josephrosner]

1:45 how tf does that midstation reroute work?

[Gary-nphl]

Creek beds are fun! But other than that, you’ll probably be a little disappointed during the winter. Most locals get their winter pass for the meadows and do spring here.

[Weathernerd]

It used to be year round the glacier has melted to the point where they usually have to close down in mid August and can't re-open until November or December.

[neozeonsolid]

Glad you didn’t mention any of the canyons 👍

[Mediarahan]

I turn 30 this year. I'm from Arkansas and my birthday is in June. I couldn't be happier a place like this exists in the summer. I don't really get that many chances to do my favorite activity in the world, especially not on my birthday.

[rowangreenaway]

Great video, you should cover Crystal this season! I feel like it’s on par/better than meadows even

[Mkayyyyyyy]

@1:34 That comment is misleading in that Stormin' Norman and Jeff Flood (along Magic Mile and Palmer) operate all spring season!? In fact, Stormin' Norman is the lift that services ALL the park riding in the Spring at Timberline.

[JohnShields-xxyk]

Skiing is a blast, and it's extremely expensive to buy the skis, boots and all the clothing, then the light ticket, $ 200 😲

[KahluaBomb]

I've been learning to ski and Timberline is my home away from home. I don't do anything at the lodge because it's overpriced and meh so I have nothing to say about that, but the 5 for resiliency seems weird considering there's a ton of terrain open to ski from november through may and it's basically always open.

Also good to note, you can skin/bootpack up above the clouds often, and are greeted with the most incredible views of an undercast valley.

I definitely would say it's a place to go if you want to get a mix of park and traditional runs, and probably isnt' nearly as fun if you aren't going to the park. But it's gorgeous, and the snow is almost always great. I'll agree though there isn't much "difficult" terrain, which I appreciate as a new skier, the length of the runs and the quality of the snow really makes up for it.

[Liams.ca]

Hey bro could you make a video about: ranking mont tremblant in quebec pls❤😊. Have a great day its always a pleasure looking ur videos

[daneg]

the upper mountain footage following the snowboarder in an orange jacket looked absolutely awful (in the frozen cat tracks) and the video keeps going back to it. 😄

[elliot]

Please do Stratton, Stowe, Bromley and Whistler videos

[MOUNTAINOUS]

i was a timberline mgr for 12 years. i made hundreds of snowboarding videos there from the years 2005 thought 2021. it was a great time. first season i rode 200 days. as in a annual year. i did summer shred videos. winter pow videos. videos with other timberline employees all the time. i filmed burton snowboarding contests there on the deck of the half pipe. i was employee of the year for our dept 3 times. i made videos snowboarding as KISS. as a ninja doing weapons as i went down palmer. i filmed a zombie walking dead tribute snowboarding video there. and i did a bigfoot snowboarding video there. i would assume i made more timberline snowboarding videos than any other person in the history of mt hood. ad i am not joking. i left 3 years ago to move back to the midwest after 20 years in oregon. due to to many tourists. i got sick of them. well i was sick of them from day 1. so were all the other locals. they had to deal with it. as it is a job. but we were there for the shred. and our homies. not the tourists. eventually all my friends have left for the most part.

[PabloPucciOK]

I have to go there and use my "own" Pucci lift